From: pete boardman <pete.boardman@...>
Date: 2005-11-10T07:43:20+09:00
Subject: Re: How to install something on MacOS X?

Helpful folks wrote:

> Typically, Ruby extensions that are compiled (as opposed to pure- 
> Ruby extensions) will require access to the Ruby header files. You  
> don't get these with just the pre-installed Ruby. You'll have to  
> download and install Ruby yourself. As part of doing that the  
> installation procedure will copy the header files to the directory  
> that extconf.rb looks for them in.

> The Ruby that ships with Tiger is very slightly broken, and  
> installing the current stable version could save you from some  
> mysterious headaches in the future.

Thanks! That defines both the problem and the solution neatly. I'll  
get going on some downloads.

bye

Pete